As
I am in the process of finishing off the black elves (svartalfar) I
have been doing this week I have had a cause to think about what I am
doing with elves over all. When I was originally thinking about the
first batch of these a few years ago I was pretty certain that I
didn’t want them to look like D&D dark elves. One of the big
things was that I didn’t want them to be all purple and silver.
What I wanted was something a bit more along the lines of the dark
elves in Thor: The Dark World. This time around I have relaxed the no
purple rule, well at least a little but only for the court
characters. I still need a shield type and I haven’t really worked
it out although flat rectangular shields and those of the Norman type
might do.
Still
this has caused me to think about some of the stuff that is missing
from my figures collection. Some would say I have a bit of a problem
but I like to be able to cover most eventualities. When it comes to
RPGs this means that I like to have at least one of each character
class in both genders and a bunch of warrior types. A task that I
have just about managed with humans but that is about it.
I
need more elves. I have been running and designing a RPG based on
dark age Norse myths and a changed version of Viking and world
history. My plan is to run a new campaign featuring white elves. My
games are mainly role playing but feature big battles so a range of
RPG types, enough for a small army (at least thirty figures) and it
would be nice if there were some civilian figures. Some sort of kings
court figures would be nice. I have some wood elves which I think at
one point were going to do double duty. After some thought they just
don’t have the right vibe. I want something more majestic.
So
I am looking for some appropriate 28mm figures for the white elves.
In the myths these are not very well described but the words white
luminous seems to crop up. I am thinking something more like
Galadriel than Arwen. Given that Nordic elves are not referenced as
having pointy ears (damn you Tolkien although some people say
different) I could actually get away with human figures.
They
need to be relatively in keeping with the dark ages and less D&D.
So far I am thinking early Saxons with a strong Romano-British vibe
but maybe late late Romans might do it but I doubt it (but I am
willing to be convince). I like the more ornate style of armour that
they have which looks a bit more advanced than that used in the dark
ages (simple chain mail or padded clothing). The Oathmark elves are
not bad but their just isn’t the variety. The GW style does not
really do it fo me Some even have wolf tail helmets which I think I
could make work. I would be looking at very pail if not white (or
almost white) skin tone. I wouldn’t want the traditional round
shield or kite shield either. In the game the Romans were a thing
(some time in the past) and I was thinking using a Roman type shield,
either the large oval or the more rectangular, indicating that they
have been around a while.
So
I don’t know if anyone has any ideas about figures to use. If you
could think of anything that is stylistically white elf that would be
great too. On the off chance that you do I would really like to hear
from you.
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